We compiled a list of ensemble concert works which are perfectly suited for dramatic staging, especially during these challenging times. You can seek inspiration for special programming needs based on the following set of criteria:

• smaller ensemble works, optionally with small choir or soloists
• back catalogue and contemporary compositions
• all compositional styles
• the theatrical aspect is very important. Musicians have to / can move on stage and beyond, some pieces are based on a famous text or even use it
• audience involvement (on/off stage) is possible
• no specialized ensembles and no new music specialists are necessary
• no long rehearsal should be needed
• possible to combine with other works 

Georges Aperghis

De la nature de l’eau (1974)
for 6 singers (S.3MzS.2Bar), 2 actors (1 man, 1 woman), sound percussion (wd-bl, bongs, congas) and piano
Duration: 17‘

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De la nature de la gravité (1979 – 1980)
for 7 singers, 2 actors, trumpet & 2 percussions
Duration: 30‘

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Oscar Bianchi

Orango (2018)
for ensemble & public participation
Duration: 45‘

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Nikolaus Brass

No (1997)
music for 9 players
fl.ob.cl.pf.cym.perc.vl.vla.vc.
Duration: 25‘

Pascal Dusapin

Lullaby experience (2019)
for ensemble, actors and electronic
Duration: 60’

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MOMO (2002)
young audience show (5-8 years old)
for narrator, clarinet, cymbalum, mandolin (also guitar), violin and cello
Duration: 17‘

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O Mensch! (2009)
for baritone and piano
Duration: 73‘



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Sivan Eldar

Heave (2018)
for vocal ensemble and electronic
Duration: 15‘

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Reinhard Febel

Bright Star (2018)
after texts by John Keats
STB – ob.sax.vl.vc.pf
Duration: 40‘

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Matteo Franceschini

Forést (2015)
food-opera in four seasond, one prologue and one epologue
acc.vc.electronis
Duration: 70'

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Dai Fujikura

Phantom Pulse (2006)
for 12 percussion
Duration: 20‘

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Vinko Globokar

L’Exil Nr. 1 (2012)
for soprano (or tenor) and 5 instrumentalists
Text montage in 7 languages by Vinko Globokar, consisting of fragments of 49 poems by different authors, from Homer to the present, all dealing with the topic “exile”
S (or T).fl.cl (in E-flat). pf. acc. perc.
Duration: 25‘

L’Exil Nr. 2 (2012) for soprano (or tenor) and 13 instrumentalists
1(bfl). 0.1(in E flat). 1 – 1. 1. 1. 0 – pf. acc.perc – 1. 0. 1. 1. 1
Duration: 25‘




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Heiner Goebbels

Walden (1998/2008)
version for speaker and chamber ensemble
by Pete Harden
Text: H. D. Thoreau (Walden), engl.
Speaker – 2sax.trb.perc.keyb.git (e-gtr). 2vl.vla.vc.db (e-bass)
Duration: 50‘

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Rolf Hind

Lost in Thought (2015)
a meditation opera
female vx.cl/bcl.perc.acc.hp. pf.vl/vla.vc
Duration: 210‘

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Huang Ruo

Resonant Theatre Nr. 1: The Sonic Great Wall (2016)
for 13 musicians and audience
fl.ob.cl.bsn.hn.tpt.trb.perc.2vl.vla.vc.db
Duration: 35’

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Bernhard Lang

DW 9: »Puppe/Tulpe« (2003)
after texts from P.C.Loidl
for voices and 8 instruments
Duration: 26‘

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Liza Lim

Atlas of the Sky (2018)
Rituals of transformation
after texts by Eliot Weinberger, Bei Dao
soprano, 3 percussion, performers
Duration: 75‘

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Sarah Nemtsov

Phoneme (2018)
cycle for 5 voices and 6 instruments
SATBB bfl.bcl.bsn.pf.vl.vc
Duration: 35‘

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Sergej Newski

Pazifik Exil (2014-2016)
for 6 voices and electronics
Libretto by the composer based on a literary model by Michael Lentz
Duration: 45‘

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Samir Odeh-Tamimi

TIMNA (2018)
for mixed choir, flute, viola, cello, bass and percussion
Duration: 15‘

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Hèctor Parra

Te craindre en ton absence « monodrame » (2012 - 2013)
for actress, instrumental and electronic ensemble
Duration: 70‘

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Alberto Posadas

Veredas (2014 – 2018)
Cycle of 6 pieces for saxophone
Duration: 53‘

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Rolf Riehm

Pasolini in Ostia (2012)
for soprano, piano, percussion, violoncello and text projections
S.pf.vc.perc.
Duration: 25‘

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Albert Roussel

Elpénor (1937)
for 5 actors, flute and string quartet
Duration: 30‘

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Gerhard Stäbler

Time Out (2003)
text according to Agnes Martin („Parable of the Equal Hearts”)
Instrumental theatre for two female vocal singers, clarinet, trombone, cello, accordion, tape and Video
2 female voices – cl.tbn.acc.vc – tape – video
Duration: 35‘

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fallen, fallen und liegen und fallen (1988/1989) songs to poems of Paul Celan
S (or A). acc. tb. tape (2-4 K)
Duration: 30‘